[Telecentres] Rural Tele- medical kit/ rural internet kiosk

[Taran Rampersad]

I haven't gotten feedback on this yet.

Taran Rampersad wrote:

>Elizabeth,
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>Oddly enough, I'll be heading down to Guyana with a Simputer and doing
>some volunteer IT work for a local hospital. Is it possible for me to
>contact Edwin directly?
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>Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
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>>I have pasted below information, from another list to which I am subscribed,
>>which may be of interest to members on this list.
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>>Best regards,
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>>Elizabeth
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>>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>>Focal Point to WSIS
>>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
>>Chair, Media/ICT Working Group
>>NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York;
>>Vice President
>>Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
>>Tel: 631-754-2424
>>Fax: 631-754-5032
>>ecarll at optonline.net
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>>***Rural Tele- medical kit***
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>>On Thursday 12 May 2005 19:47, Ponnapa PG wrote:
>>n-Logue and Nuerosynaptics yesterday launched the
>>rural tele-medical kit at a village in Sivaganga Dist
>>in TN . The District collector inaugrated the
>>function.
>>This kit priced at under Rs 15,000 is connected to the
>>rural internet kiosk and can transmit ECG, Pressure ,
>>Temp , pulse and stethoscope data.
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>>We will be now taking it to over 100 villages in the  first phase in
>>partnership with hospitals .
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>>Ponnapa
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>>Wonderful. I have been talking about the concept for years, but
>>you are the first I have seen doing it. Please send full
>>details. Can we connect your kit to a Simputer or Mobilis
>>running Linux? What are the hardware interfaces? What does the
>>software run on?
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>>What about electronic imaging for eye, ear, nose, throat, and
>>skin, and for the doctor and patient to see each other? Voice
>>over IP so the doctor can ask the patient questions directly?
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>>I have a contact at Stanford University who is also in a startup
>>to create non-invasive blood chemistry instruments, starting
>>with blood sugar measurements for diabetics. That means that
>>they take the measurement by shining light through the skin, and
>>don't need to draw even a drop of blood. Would you like to make
>>contact with them?
>>--
>>Edward Cherlin, Simputer Evangelist
>>Encore Technologies (S) Pte. Ltd.
>>The Village Information Society
>>http://cherlin.blogspot.com
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